Headlamp support



April 21, 1925.

B. JEROME HEADLAHP SUPPORT Filed D90. 26,

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

. BENJAMIN menus, or PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, AssIqNon'ro GENERAL morons con.-

roaA'rIoN, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

HE DLAMP SUPPORT.

Application filed December 2a, 1923. Serial mi. 682,696.

To all whom it may aoacern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN JEROME, a citizen of the United States, and a resident "of Pontiac, county of Oakland, and State of 6 Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Headlamp Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art ,to which the invention relates to make and use the same,

reference being made therein to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to .lamp supports, and is illustrated as embodied in an automobile having a pair of head lamps supported by novel'brackets which are adjustably connected bya cross-tie member which braces the lamps and fenders.

An object of the invention is to provide a construction of this character which is neat in appearance and which is capable of adjustment but which will brace the lamps and fenders ri idly.

In one esirable arrangement, the lamps are supported by novel brackets carried by the fenders which have convex upper surfaces and which are provided with openings through which clamping bolts extend adjustably to secure the lamps on said surfaces, the lamps and fenders being braced by a cross member of novel form secured thereto and extending in front of the radiator. 'In. the

particular arrangement shown in thedraw- 5 ings, each bracket is provided with a projection beyond its lamp supporting portion which is embraced by one end of a channelshaped cross member to which it is adjustably secured.

-'The above and other objects and features of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the illustrative embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, in which porting the lamp and part of the cross-tie member secured thereto;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the part shown Fig. 1 is a front elevation of part of an in Fig. 2 looking from the righttoward the left but with the lamp removed; and

Fig. 4 is a' lon itudinal vertical section through a modifie form of the novel lamp supporting bracket.

" In the arrangement selected for illustra tion, the lamps 10 and 12 are supported respectively on novel brackets 14 and 16, each of which is secured to one, of the fenders 18 and 20, which brackets are connected by a cross-tie member or brace 22 extending in front of the radiator 24. If desired, a license plate 26-may be supported on the cross memher in the usual manner. 7

1 According to the present invention, each of the brackets 14 and 16 has an u wardly extending portion 28 clamped by h and 32. to the corresponding fender and has a horizontally extending portion 34 which supports the corresponding lamp. As will be apparent from Figs. 2 and 4, this portion has a convex upper surface with a relatively large opening in its apex through which extends a clamp bolt 36, the head of which is held in the usual manner between a art of the lamp and an internal boss forme in the lamp supporting post or bracket 38, which is riveted or otherwise secured to the lamp. This bolt clamps the concave lower surface of the lamp supporting post 38 against ortion 34 in such a manner as to permit 0 ad- 'justme nt in any direction to provide for accurate location of the lamp. The nut 40 threaded on the clamp bolt 36 is preferably concealed in a socket or hollow formed in the horizontal portion 34 of the bracket, as will be apparent from Fig. 2.

' Preferably, the brackets connected by the brace member 22 in such a manner as to permit of adjustment, and as one convenient manner of providing such an adjustment,-this cross member is shown as being channel-shaped (Figs. 2 and 3) and embracing at its opposite ends hollow projections or lugs 42 formed on the brackets beyond the lamp supporting portions. The cross-tie member 22 is shown as having slots 44 at its opposite ends through which extend 'bolts 46 heldby nuts 48 concealed inside of the hollow or recess in the projection 42. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the lug 142, corresponding to lug 42 in Fig. 2, is solid.

While one particular embodiment of m invention has been illustrated and describe olts 30 14 and 16 are it is not my intention to limit its scope to that embodiment or otherwise than by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An automobile having, in combination, a pair of fenders, a bracket connected to each fender and having a convex upper surface, a cross-tie adjustably connecting the and a clamping bolt secured to the lam and extending through the opening in sue a manner as to be movable 1n the opening to adjust the position of the lamp.

3. An automobile having, in combination, a pair of fenders, a bracket secured to each fender provided with a horizontally extending lamp support-ing portion having a convex upper surface and a horizontal projection beyond said portion, a lamp adjustably supported on the convex portion of each bracketfand a channel-shaped tie member embracing said projections at its opposite ends and secured thereto;

4. An automobile having, 1n combination,

a pair of fenders, a bracket secured to each fender provided with a horizontally extending lamp supporting portion having a convex upper surface and a horizontal rojection beyond said portion, a lamp ad ustabl supported on the convex ortion of each bracket, a channel-shape cross-tie member embracing said projections at its ends and provided with slots adjacent said projections, and clampin bolts extending through the slots into said projections -ad fustab y to secure the channel-shaped memr to the brackets to brace the fenders and the lamps.

5. A lamp supporting bracket for an automobile having a portion extending upwardlyat an angle and arranged to be secured to a fender, a generally horizontal portion having a convex lamp supporting u per surface, and a projectlon beyond the am supporting portion to be secured to a ender bracing cross-tie member.

61 An automobile having, in combination, a fender, a bracket having a portion extending upwardly at an angle which is secured to said fender, a horizontally extending portion having a convex upper lamp support-' ing surface and which has "a recess on its lower side, a lamp supported on said surface provided with a clamping bolt extending through the bracket, and a nut on the bolt for clamping the lamp in position which is concealed 1n said recess. In testimony whereofI afiix my signature.

BENJAMIN JEROME. 

